Gracie & Friends Jungle Gym
Gracie & Friends Jungle Gym Summary
Gracie & Friends Jungle Gym is a free iOS app in Education by First 8 Studios at WGBH. Released in Dec 2014 (11 years ago). It has 5.00 ratings with a 4.20★ (good) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 2.00 monthly active users . Store last updated Dec 4, 2014
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Ratings: 5.00
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App Description
In Jungle Gym, children place a specific number of stickers onto a robot’s belly. Then, children dangle robots from the jungle gym by connecting robots that have the same number of dots on their bellies.
Features
• 8 levels of robot playground play
• iPad shaking for a robot jubilee on the jungle gym
• Self-pacing allows children time to reflect
• Multiple modes of scaffolding and support
• Aligns with research-based early math learning trajectories
• No in-app purchases
• No advertising
This game is designed for children to subitize. Subitizing is looking at a group of objects and instantly recognizing how many objects are in the group without having to take the time to count. It is an important skill that helps develop number sense and prepare children for mental math.
Learning Goals
This game is designed to help children strengthen their subitizing skills as they:
• Make small collections up to five without timing
• Identify small collections up to five objects without counting
• Learn and reinforce number names and symbols
• Understand that quantity can be represented by a numeral or a set of objects
• Compare sets of one to five objects and identify if the sets are the same or different
• Count from one to five
Jungle Gym is part of the four-game subitizing suite from Early Math with Gracie & Friends™, a first-of-its-kind mobile app brand based in early learning sciences, rigorously researched and developed specifically for preschool classroom use. A randomized control trial demonstrated significant learning gains in children who used the Early Math with Gracie & Friends apps.
Early Math with Gracie & Friends is not just apps! Our research shows the value of hands-on, non-digital play in early learning. In fact, for every Gracie & Friends app, we have created and researched five or more hands-on activities! Check them out at http://first8studios.org
The math-focused curriculum supplement of Early Math with Gracie & Friends is based on the Next Generation Preschool Math research project funded by the National Science Foundation. The research focused on the development of eight learning apps, more than 40 hands-on and traditional preschool activities, and a digital Teacher’s Guide—all designed for preschool classroom use.
About First 8 Studios at WGBH
WGBH Educational Foundation has pioneered children's educatio